Arrested Development
"Sam and Joe arrested Spencer about ten minutes ago. He's in the cells now." Angie stated as she shrugged off her coat. Matt narrowed his eyes. "He killed Alice and Liam. Only back then forensics weren't as good as they are now."
"So?" Matt yawned as Ronnie and the Guv arrived.
"I reopened Alice's case. She was hit with a heavy metal object. Shot and thrown in the river." Angie warmed to her theme. "Same as Liam."
"Ang?" Natalie headed straight for the kettle.
"Guv. It was the same gun. Same Calibra and shot by someone who was right hand dominant."
"Half the population then." Ronnie sighed.
Angie nodded. "Yeah probably more." She sighed as the rest of the team looked at her. She turned to the white board. "But the force suggests that it was a man. Probably taller than the victim."
"Ok, so male. Adult." Ronnie nodded. His mind still on the night before. "Not much to go on, though."
"Give er a break." Joe snapped. "Some of us have been awake since a sparrow farted this morning."
Angie frowned. "Ron's right. Unless you consider the enemies Spencer has made over the years. I did a bit of digging. Both Liam and his dad had ties to local drug gangs. Liam had earned a bit of cash acting as a courier while Spencer was inside."
"So?" Natalie smiled slightly, she had a feeling she knew where the younger members of her team were going. "E finds out Liam is involved with drugs, that he is following im down the same path."
"Yeah. Only he warns him off." Sam interjects. "And like Alice, Liam tells his dad to do one."
Ronnie nodded.
"I think we better av another chat with Mr Jones." Natalie looked at the team. "Good work, Angela, Joseph. I'll get Jake and Kate over ere. Charge him with Liam's death then we look into Alice's murder again. Only this time, if it was him; he ain't getting away with it."
Cxxxx
Kate sat at her desk, her head buried in files that were splayed out over her desk. She felt sick at the thought a parent could harm their child. She sighed, knowing each case was different, that there were more than just one explanation she couldn't rationalise it they way she had once. Not now she had Charlotte.
"Kate?"
"Yeah?" She kept her face firmly buried in the mountain of paperwork. "Um?"
"There's a pink elephant wearing a denim tutu dancing the Macarena in George's office." Jake teased.
"Right."
"Yeah. Apparently it's going to be selling tickets."
"Fine." She ignored him.
"KATHRYN!"
"What!" She snapped her eyes up.
"Did you hear anything I said?"
"Yeah. Course I did." She smiled as Jake raised his eyebrows. She sat back in her chair; head slightly tilted.
"Pink elephant, tutu, Macarena."
"Ok." Jake relented. "We are wanted down the station. Spencer has just been arrested." Kate was on her feet as he spoke.
"Cmon then." She passed him as Jake shook his head before following her.